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This week's edition of Fox Sports Detroit's "Wingspan" focuses on the Detroit Red Wings' AHL affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins, and the Grand Rapids Press's Michael Zuidema spoke to Fox Sports Detroit's Trevor Thompson about the reasons behind FSD's decision to dedicate an entire episode to Detroit's developmental arm: December 4, Grand Rapids ...

After disappointing finishes last season, the New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings entered this season with the goal of returning to the playoffs yet again.

Amongst today's mostly Red Wings-related tidbits, odds and ends, miscellany, whatever the heck you want to call it... ESPN's Pierre LeBrun reports that Red Wings VP Steve Yzerman, who has 29 shopping days until he has to name the Canadian Olympic hockey team's roster, will indeed watch Martin Brodeur face off against Roberto Luongo , albeit on TiVo ...

Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood spoke to The Fan 590's Doug MacLean and Darren Millard today, and, in a 10:46 interview, he addressed self-maintenance issues as he gets older , his up-and-down performance last season, Olympic plans , career goals in matching Terry Sawchuk's all-time Wings win mark, a his mother's hockey mom jitters, and Detroit's ...

With three regulars among the forwards out of the lineup, the Red Wings are getting more and more use out of two of their newest members.

Sitting near the bottom of the division is certainly not where the Red Wings expected to be at this point in the season.

RedWingsCentral's Matthew Wuest has issued his first in-season prospect ranking list, and he names Grand Rapids Griffins defenseman Jakub Kindl his Red Wings' #1 prospect's status for a simple reason--Kindl's contract extension which kicks in next year is of the one-way deal variety, so, come hell or high water, Kindl, who has posted 10 points in ...

While it appears to Red Wings fans that the vast majority of the hockey media delights in always predicting the imminent demise of the Detroit Red Wings--which is true--for various reasons, ESPN's Pierre LeBrun, in answering a reader's "beef," suggests otherwise: November 17, ESPN.com : Dru1624 : What is up with the lack of respect the Detroit Red ...

Sometimes "putting it another way" adds perspective to a familiar situation, and USA Today's Kevin Allen may underscore the importance of the Red Wings' 10-3-and-3 record since they returned home from Sweden and their 5-and-1 record for November thus far... November 16, USA Today : The Detroit Red Wings lost a heavy portion of their offense in the ...

NHL.com decided to spend this weekend examining the potential Olympic rosters of the nine "major" teams participating in the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, and after duly noting that Red Wings prospect Sergei Kolsov has a high probability of playing for Belarus's Olympic team, NHL.com's Rocky Bonnano noted that another Wings prospect--Tomas ...

In his weekly compilation of Hockey news, notes and quotes, Eric Duhatschek writes that the KHL continues to face an uphill battle in attracting marquee players FULL TEXT When Andrei Medvedev, president of Russia's Continental Hockey League, says his league can offer Ilya Kovalchuk better terms than his NHL employer, the Atlanta Thrashers - as he ...

Amongst today's Red Wings-related stories... Out of Bounds' Greg Eno reflected upon the " Old Red Barn " that was Olympia Stadium; NHL.com's Bill Meltzer reports that the Euro Hockey Tour's Karjala Cup begins on Thursday , with Jiri Hudler slated to play for the Czech Republic; The Globe and Mail's Eric Duhatschek posited a downright weird take on ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs will try to make it two wins in a row for the first time this season when they host the Detroit Red Wings in the Hockey Hall of Fame game on Saturday.

Detroit - The Detroit Red Wings followed their new game plan perfectly. Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg scored in the shootout to lift Detroit to a 2-1 victory that ended the San Jose Sharks' six-game win streak.

ESPN the Magazine posted a teaser of an EJ Hradek article with a now-familiar theme for Red Wings fans, especially given Jimmy Devellano's hard-line approach to "selling" drama in Detroit: November 5, ESPN : In Detroit, where changing times and a sour economy have taken a mighty toll, one city fixture has remained remarkably reliable: the Red ...

Hockey fans of a certain vintage a ' i.e. those who can remember when there were ties in the game a ' are familiar with the period in the early- and mid-1990s, when collecting players from the Edmonton Oilers' dynasty became something of an obsession around the NHL.

Making the switch to Chris Osgood proved to be the correct move. Osgood won his second consecutive game by stopping all 20 shots he faced and five-time Norris Trophy winner Nicklas Lidstrom scored from beyond center ice as the Detroit Red Wings advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with a 3-0 triumph over the Nashville Predators in Game 6 ...

Valterri Filppula, left, is among the players the Detroit Red Wings are counting on to compensate for the 82 goals they lost with the departures of Marian Hossa, right, Jiri Hudler and Mikael Samuelsson.

Like the last time the Blackhawks faced the Detroit Red Wings, they had the defending Stanley Cup champions right where they wanted them.

Of the eight Red Wings skaters who didn't finish Detroit's 3-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche with a minus rating , Patrick Eaves' inclusion on the Darren Helm-centered fourth line seemed to do the most to prop up what has been, until Saturday, anyway, a disappointing and sometimes defensively liable line.